Before conquest, the Mexica taught that the world had died and risen five times—each reborn through divine sacrifice. Five Suns, Mexica cosmology, Aztec creation myth, Quetzalcóatl, Tezcatlipoca, Mesoamerican mythology, world rebirth, divine sacrifice, Aztec philosophy, Indigenous Mexico, solar myth, pre-Hispanic history, colonial erasure, balance and renewal, lost civilizations Mexican American history before 1848, Lost Mexican land grants, Forgotten Mexican towns in America, Mexican identity e

Mexican Standoff